thoughts, insights and rambles from a girl on a mission to change the world
“Happiness” I tell myself, “is a choice… YOU can make that choice, Evan. The power lies within yourself.” I repeat this over and over in my head, cocooning myself in blankets, holding onto them so tightly that my knuckles start to turn white. Tears streaming uncontrollably. Unable to shake the urge to run at lightening […]
T O B E C O M E M O R E C O N F I D A N T I N S P E A K I NG M Y M I N D If I had to choose my most important goal for 2018, that is it. Like most introverts, I often […]
Each time she fell back into that hole, it seemed to get just a little bit darker. Each time, feeling as though more and more of herself was being taken away. And just as she learned how to fight off the debilitating darkness, just as she began to see the light again, the darkness would […]
You are not lost, my dear. You are simply seeking your next adventure. Don’t let this world convince you otherwise. You were not made to know of everything you are or of everything you’re meant to do or of everywhere you’re meant to go. Instead, this life is a journey of discovery, and when the […]
I felt the seasons start to change today. From warm to cold, from sun to clouds. I stepped outside to find leaves crunched beneath my feet. And I thought, how magnificent it is that the world knows just when to go from blue to grey, from green to orange. And that despite our human efforts […]
Is there meant to be more to life than this? I’ve always burdened myself with the thought that my purpose should be to serve others… But each day a new challenge appears, a new endeavor fails, and the problems consume me. I keep looking at the bigger picture thinking, somewhere here I’ll make a difference. […]
The weight of the world was never meant to be carried on your shoulders alone. Even though you are strong enough to weather its toughest storms, this burden is to be shared. Because even the strongest of us will falter at times and in our failures, learn that we too need to be carried. And […]
My wish, for you… that you may experience the indescribable beauty that is pure happiness. The debilitating kind of happiness that stops you in your tracks and sends a shiver up your spine and makes all the pain and sadness and fear dissapear if only for a fleeting moment.
And her heart beat for the world She felt the pain of each struggling soul Her hands ached to heal every undeserved wound She loved and loved and loved and at times she felt that was all she had to give, never feeling like it was enough She lived outside of herself With a stinging […]
Evan Petschke 